People named in events about this site, ordered by number of mentions. Each example links to an entry with a source citation.
Indexed works
Books, articles, records, and images about Chapel of the Cross. Each has been reviewed for relevance; materials held at OCPL appear first.
About the site
The Church of the Atonement and the Chapel of the Cross at Chapel Hill
Henderson, Archibald · 1938
Archibald Henderson's history of the Episcopal congregation in Chapel Hill, the Church of the Atonement and the Chapel of the Cross, as the title names them. A short work of Chapel Hill church history and of the Episcopal Church in North Carolina, published in Hartford, Connecticut, by the Church Missions Publishing Company in 1938, 57 pages with illustrations and portraits. One copy carries the author's presentation inscription to the North Carolina State Library.
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The first parish register of the Chapel of the Cross (1842-1881)
2024 · Chapel Hill Historical Society
Transcription of the first register kept by Chapel of the Cross, the Episcopal parish on Franklin Street in Chapel Hill, with its entries from 1842 to 1881. Published by the Chapel Hill Historical Society in 2024 with an introduction and a bibliography, 142 pages with illustrations and portraits.
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Chapel of the Cross : calendar 1996.
1996 · Chapel of the Cross
Wall calendar for 1996 made by two Chapel of the Cross choristers, Jane Hamborsky and Margaret Middleton, who photographed architectural details of the Gothic Revival church in Chapel Hill. Thomas U. Walter designed the chapel, which went up from 1843 to 1848. Black-and-white photographs, from the Images of North Carolina collection.
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The word of love : preaching in the ministry of Stephen Elkins-Williams
Elkins-Williams, Stephen, 1944- · 2015 · iUniverse
Sermons preached by Stephen Elkins-Williams during his ministry at the Chapel of the Cross in Chapel Hill, collected in 329 pages and published by iUniverse in 2015. Bishop Michael B. Curry and the Reverend Tambria Elizabeth Lee contributed forewords. Illustrations accompany the text.
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Proud shoes to put on : a sermon
Jefferts Schori, Katharine · 2007 · Chapel of the Cross
Katharine Jefferts Schori preached this sermon at the Chapel of the Cross in Chapel Hill on February 8, 2007, at the celebration marking thirty years since Pauli Murray's first Eucharist. The parish printed it on a single folded sheet of six pages with a portrait. Topics include Murray, who lived from 1910 to 1985, and African American women clergy in North Carolina.
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A celebration of 250 years of Anglican and Episcopal witness in Orange County : September 19 to 21, 2003
2003
A booklet from a three-day celebration, September 19 to 21, 2003, marking 250 years of Anglican and Episcopal presence in Orange County, North Carolina. A note summarizes its contents as the history of four congregations: St. Matthew's Church and St. Mary's Chapel in Hillsborough, and the Chapel of the Cross and the Church of the Holy Family in Chapel Hill. Sixteen unnumbered pages.
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Charles Kuralt : Pauli Murray.
2002
An eleven minute videocassette carrying Charles Kuralt's television piece on Pauli Murray, drawn from his On the Road series and dated 2002. It concerns African American biography, the Episcopal Church and the Chapel of the Cross in Chapel Hill. Kuralt lived from 1934 to 1997.
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Chapel of the Cross : a witness to the presence of God.
1998 · The Matrix of Belonging Family Video Documentaries
Documentary on videocassette about the Chapel of the Cross, the Episcopal parish in Chapel Hill, produced in 1998 by the Matrix of Belonging Family Video Documentaries. Thirty four minutes with sound, in color and black and white.
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St. Paul AME Church & the Chapel of the Cross.
1998 · Chapel of the Cross?
Two videodiscs, running about 222 minutes in all, recording a 1998 program that brought together St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church and the Chapel of the Cross in Chapel Hill. The program, Faith on Franklin Street, marked anniversaries of both congregations and concerned African American churches and church buildings in Chapel Hill.
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Chapel Hill's oldest church-- : the story of its buildings
Stoudemire, Mary Arthur · 1981
Paper that Mary Arthur Stoudemire read to the Chapel of the Cross Episcopal Churchwomen in February 1981 on the buildings of the oldest church in Chapel Hill. Eleven pages. An architectural account of a parish told through the structures it put up in succession.
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The Chapel of the Cross : an architectural history
Rees, Philip A. · 1979
Philip A. Rees traced the architectural history of the Chapel of the Cross in Chapel Hill in this 1979 study of 71 pages with seventeen leaves of plates, illustrations and plans. The study examines its Gothic revival architecture, and a bibliography occupies leaves 65 to 69. Useful to anyone working on church architecture in the town.
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The order of service for the dedication of the new wing of the parish house of the Chapel of the Cross, Chapel Hill, North Carolina : to the glory of God and in memory of David Watt Yates, Sunday, April 21st., A.D. 1968, 4:30 p.m.
1968 · Chapel of the Cross
The printed order of service for the dedication of the new wing of the Chapel of the Cross parish house in Chapel Hill on Sunday, April 21, 1968. Eleven pages set in red and black carry the liturgy for that afternoon, which honored the memory of David Watt Yates, who died in 1967. Subjects include both the parish and Yates himself.
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Historic buildings of North Carolina : the Chapel of the Cross, 1848.
Elliott, Cecil D. · 1959 · Published for the North Carolina Chapter of the American Institute of Architects by Key Publications
Cecil D. Elliott's two page treatment of the Chapel of the Cross of 1848 for a series on historic buildings of North Carolina, detached from Southern Architect for October 1959. Illustrations and plans accompany the text, and the article concerns Gothic revival architecture in Chapel Hill along with Episcopal church history in the state.
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Special Service Held in the New Chapel of the Cross, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, on the Third Sunday After Easter, May 8, 1949
1949
Order of service for an observance at the new Chapel of the Cross in Chapel Hill on May 8, 1949, the third Sunday after Easter. A commemorative program associated with the Episcopal parish's anniversary celebrations.
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Story of the Chapel of the Cross
Nast, Jacqueline Ann · 1973
Jacqueline Ann Nast wrote this 1973 typescript on the Chapel of the Cross in Chapel Hill as a paper for an American architecture seminar taught by John Allcott at the University of North Carolina. It includes a history of the Episcopal Church in the town, plates, plans and a bibliography, and sits in the North Carolina Collection at UNC. The paper concerns the building's Gothic revival architecture.
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Rebecca Drane Warren papers, 1967-2004.
Warren, Rebecca Drane · 1967
Four hundred items in one linear foot make up the Rebecca Drane Warren papers, 1967 to 2004, collection 5273 in the Southern Historical Collection at UNC. Warren was a North Carolina genealogist and historian. The papers concern the Ackland Art Museum, the Chapel of the Cross, Cherry Hill and its historical foundation, and figures including Reynolds Price and the painter Francis Speight.
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Charles Milton Shaffer papers, 1937-1980s.
Shaffer, Charles Milton, 1913-2004 · 1937
Charles Milton Shaffer (1913-2004) left about 5,000 items in nine linear feet, dated 1937 into the 1980s, part of the Southern Historical Collection at UNC, collection 4816. Photographs are noted. Topics include the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina and the Chapel of the Cross in Chapel Hill, judges and the state Supreme Court, educational fund raising, and football and employees at the university. John Wallace Winborne is named.
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Chapel of the Cross, 304 East Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, Orange County, NC
Historic American Buildings Survey · 1933
The Chapel of the Cross, the Episcopal chapel at 304 East Franklin Street in Chapel Hill, recorded by the Historic American Buildings Survey after 1933 in six photographs, eight measured drawings and five data pages. North Carolina State College students Robert E. Cooper, Lloyd G. Walter and George B. Hobson are named with the drawings, along with HABS photographer Jack E. Boucher.
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Alfred S. Lawrence papers, 1914-1944.
Lawrence, Alfred S. (Alfred Stratton), 1882-1958 · 1914
Papers of Alfred Stratton Lawrence, 1882 to 1958, spanning 1914 to 1944, about 250 items in half a linear foot, collection 4350 in the Southern Historical Collection at UNC. The papers concern Episcopal clergy in North Carolina, including material on the Chapel of the Cross, the Chapel Hill School of Religion, the Diocese of North Carolina, Joseph Blount Cheshire and Elwood Haines.
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Chapel of the Cross (Chapel Hill Historical Society vertical file)
The Chapel of the Cross, the Episcopal church on East Franklin Street, in its own publications, newspaper clippings, photocopied articles and a report with notes. Churches series, Chapel Hill Historical Society Vertical File Collection (CHHS.001). Undated.
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Chapel of the Cross; retired rector: photographs (Chapel Hill Historical Society)
Family of a retired rector of the Chapel of the Cross, posed on porch steps, with their names written on the back. Undated. From the churches series of the Chapel Hill Historical Society's Prints and Photographs Collection.
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Chapel of the Cross: photographs (Chapel Hill Historical Society)
Eighteen undated photographs of the Chapel of the Cross, the Episcopal church on East Franklin Street in Chapel Hill. Views include the church in snow, behind a fence and from the rear. From the Chapel Hill Historical Society's Prints and Photographs Collection.
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The Chapel of the Cross Episcopal Church, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Wootten, Bayard Morgan, 1875-1959 · Graycraft Card Co., Danville, Va
A view of the Chapel of the Cross Episcopal Church in Chapel Hill, from a photograph credited to Bayard Morgan Wootten (1875 to 1959) and printed by the Graycraft Card Company of Danville, Virginia.
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The Chapel of the Cross, Episcopal Church, Chapel Hill, N.C.
Sutton & Alderman, Druggists, Chapel Hill, N.C
Sutton and Alderman of Chapel Hill published this postcard of the Chapel of the Cross, the Episcopal church in the town.
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Published by or for this institution
At the crossroads on the hill : a pageant celebrating the hundredth anniversary of the founding of the parish of the Chapel of the Cross in Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Holmes, Urban T., Jr., 1900-1972 · 1942 · Chapel of the Cross
Urban T. Holmes Jr. wrote this pageant for the hundredth anniversary of the Chapel of the Cross, the Episcopal parish beside the university campus in Chapel Hill, founded in 1842. Historical drama about Chapel Hill's past, staged as a parish pageant, it was printed by the church in 1942, 48 pages with an illustration. Holmes, a professor at the university, framed the town's story around the crossroads site of the title.
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Year book of The Chapel of the Cross.
Chapel of the Cross (Chapel Hill, N.C.) · 1974 · Chapel of the Cross
Yearbooks of the Chapel of the Cross in Chapel Hill, including parish registers, with 1974 among the years recorded. Volumes in this series set out the officers, committees and membership of the Episcopal congregation for a given year.
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Enlargement of the Chapel of the Cross, Chapel Hill, N.C.
Chapel of the Cross (Chapel Hill, N.C.) · 1921
Three illustrated pages printed by the Chapel of the Cross in 1921 on the enlargement of its building, dated July 20 of that year on the final page. The Episcopal parish in Chapel Hill used the leaflet to set out the project.
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The history and architecture of the Chapel of the Cross
2024 · Chapel of the Cross
A 2024 booklet from the Chapel of the Cross setting out the history and architecture of the Episcopal church in Chapel Hill. Nineteen pages carry color illustrations, a color plan of the building and a color portrait, and the latest date mentioned in the text is 2023. Topics include church buildings in Chapel Hill and Episcopal church history in North Carolina.
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Chapel of the Cross : 1990 annual report ; by-laws ; 1991 director[y] of parishioners.
1991 · Chapel of the Cross
One volume gathering the 1990 annual report of the Chapel of the Cross, the Episcopal parish in Chapel Hill, together with its by-laws and a 1991 list of parishioners. Report, rules and roster in a single binding show how the parish was governed and who belonged to it. Topics include the Episcopal Church in North Carolina and Chapel Hill church history.
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In praise of Christ's Nativity : music for Advent and Christmas from the Chapel of the Cross
Chapel of the Cross (Chapel Hill, N.C.) · 1983 · Chapel of the Cross
A 1983 recording of Advent and Christmas music sung at the Chapel of the Cross in Chapel Hill, issued by the parish on a ten inch mono disc playing at 33 1/3 rpm. Includes sacred choruses for mixed voices, some unaccompanied, others with organ or with instrumental ensemble, and the texts of the pieces are printed on the slipcase and an insert.
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Remember-- proclaim-- serve-- : a development program for the Chapel of the Cross for the 1980's and beyond
1979 · Chapel of the Cross
A 1979 development brochure for the Chapel of the Cross, the Episcopal parish beside the University of North Carolina campus in Chapel Hill, setting out a program for the 1980s and beyond. 12 unnumbered pages with illustrations, some in color, portraits and plans.
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[Annual reports of the Chapel of the Cross, 1962].
1963 · Chapel of the Cross
Annual reports of the Chapel of the Cross in Chapel Hill covering church activities during 1962 and prepared in 1963. One volume with various pagings.
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Twenty-third trinity, 1963 : a sermon
Thrasher, Thomas R. · 1963 · Chapel of the Cross
Sermon preached by Thomas R. Thrasher at the Chapel of the Cross, the Episcopal church in Chapel Hill, on the twenty-third Sunday after Trinity in 1963, privately printed for members with the rector's permission and the vestry's approval. One folded sheet of three unnumbered pages.
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Information bulletin. Number three
1960 · Chapel of the Cross
Third in a series of information bulletins issued by the Chapel of the Cross, the Episcopal parish beside the university campus in Chapel Hill, dated February 18, 1960. It concerns the parish's history and its rector, Thomas R. Thrasher. A slim item of a few pages and one unnumbered leaf.
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The Chapel of the Cross : parish house addition and renovation.
1957 · Chapel of the Cross
Issued by the Chapel of the Cross in 1957, twelve unnumbered pages presenting the addition to and renovation of the parish house in Chapel Hill. Illustrations, a portrait and architectural plans accompany the text. A small but specific source for the building history of the Episcopal congregation in the town.
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"Our appointed task : for others, for ourselves."
1955 · Chapel of the Cross
Illustrated pamphlet about the Chapel of the Cross, the Episcopal parish beside the university campus in Chapel Hill, issued by the parish in 1955. Ten unnumbered pages with illustrations, a portrait and a plan, 23 by 28 cm.
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Handbook, 1940
Chapel of the Cross (Chapel Hill, N.C.) · 1940 · Chapel of the Cross
The 1940 handbook of the Chapel of the Cross, the Episcopal parish beside the university campus in Chapel Hill. Ten unnumbered leaves in a small oblong format, it includes a history of the church, information on parish activities and the budget for the year.
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Chapel of the Cross, Chapel Hill, N.C.
Chapel of the Cross (Chapel Hill, N.C.) · 1895 · Chapel of the Cross
A single printed sheet issued in 1895 by the Chapel of the Cross, an Episcopal parish in Chapel Hill. Measures 21 by 14 centimeters.
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Biddings & bindings.
Episcopal Campus Ministry at Carolina, Chapel of the Cross
A periodical of the Episcopal Campus Ministry at Carolina, published through the Chapel of the Cross in Chapel Hill and described on the piece itself as words of the university community at the chapel on the hill. The volumes measure 28 to 36 centimeters.
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The cross roads.
Chapel of the Cross (Chapel Hill, N.C.) · The Chapel of the Cross
The parish paper of the Chapel of the Cross, the Episcopal congregation in Chapel Hill, preserved in volumes of 23 centimeters. It concerns the Episcopal Church in Chapel Hill, and a run of a parish serial of this sort serves anyone following the congregation and its members year by year.
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[Directory]
Chapel of the Cross (Chapel Hill, N.C.) · The Church
Directories issued over the years by the Chapel of the Cross, the Episcopal parish in Chapel Hill. Each volume lists the congregation and carries illustrations and portraits, so the run gives the names, and often the faces, of parish members across several decades.
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Episcopal campus news.
Episcopal Campus Ministry at Carolina, Chapel of the Cross
The newsletter of the Episcopal Campus Ministry at Carolina, issued through the Chapel of the Cross in Chapel Hill in volumes measuring 28 to 36 centimeters. It carried news of the ministry to students at the university. A companion to the campus ministry's other serial titles.
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[Miscellaneous brochures, reports, sermons, etc.]
Chapel of the Cross (Chapel Hill, N.C.) · Chapel of the Cross
A portfolio of loose material from the Chapel of the Cross in Chapel Hill, gathering brochures, reports, sermons and similar printed pieces issued by the Episcopal parish. The items vary in size up to 38 centimeters.
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Yearbook
Episocpal Churchwomen, Chapel of the Cross · The Churchwomen
Yearbooks of the Episcopal Churchwomen at the Chapel of the Cross in Chapel Hill, issued by the group itself in volumes of 28 centimeters. Each number includes a directory of members, so the run names the women who organized parish work in the town across successive years.
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The Kanterburian.
University of North Carolina (1793-1962). Canterbury Club · 1974 · Canterbury Club, UNC Chapel Hill
The Canterbury Club at the University of North Carolina published The Kanterburian for Episcopal students at Chapel Hill, beginning in 1974. The serial concerns the Chapel of the Cross, the Episcopal parish beside the campus, and Episcopalians in Chapel Hill. Volumes of 22 cm with illustrations, printed in Chapel Hill.
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The Tar Heel churchman
Chapel of the Cross (Chapel Hill, N.C.). Student Vestry · 1971 · Student Vestry, Chapel of the Cross
A periodical issued in 1971 by the Student Vestry of the Chapel of the Cross, the Episcopal parish beside the University of North Carolina campus in Chapel Hill. The work deals with Episcopal Church periodicals and with the religious life of university students, so the run records campus church work and student religious organization rather than the history of the parish itself.
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Chapel of the Cross records, 1895-1897; 1913-1979.
Chapel of the Cross (Chapel Hill, N.C.) · 1895
Parish records of the Chapel of the Cross in Chapel Hill, covering 1895 to 1897 and 1913 to 1979, about 180 items in the Southern Historical Collection at UNC, collection 2141-z. Topics include Episcopal church history in North Carolina, church architecture, and the Brotherhood of St. Andrew, with Chapel Hill church history as the local tie.
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Surveys and maps of the area
Not about Chapel of the Cross alone: the architectural surveys that cover its town or the county, and maps drawn while it stood. Several of the surveys can be read free online at NC Digital Collections.
Churches in Orange County, North Carolina, South of Interstate 85 from 1756 to 2000
Johnson, George Arthur · 2000
George Arthur Johnson surveys the churches of southern Orange County, the part of the county south of Interstate 85 that takes in Chapel Hill and Carrboro, from 1756 to 2000. The volume also includes his talk to the Chapel Hill Historical Society on March 4, 1996, on the university, the churches and the Jews of Chapel Hill. Published by the society in 2000, 144 pages plus lettered pages A to F.
Included because: A survey or map of the town or county where the site stands.
The Town and Gown Architecture of Chapel Hill, North Carolina: 1795-1975
Little-Stokes, Margaret Ruth · 2006
Margaret Ruth Little-Stokes's survey of Chapel Hill's town and campus buildings from 1795 to 1975, published by the Preservation Society of Chapel Hill in 2006. Chapters run from the first campus buildings through David Swain's romantic campus to midcentury modernism, followed by area surveys of the campus, east and west Chapel Hill, downtown, Northside and the suburbs.
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The town and gown architecture of Chapel Hill, 1795-1975
Little, M. Ruth · 2004 · Preservation Society of Chapel Hill
M. Ruth Little's 2004 architectural history of Chapel Hill and the university campus from 1795 to 1975, written for the Preservation Society of Chapel Hill. A 99-page survey with a bibliography.
Included because: A survey or map of the town or county where the site stands.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
Chapel Hill historic sites survey : final report.
Gatza, M. B. · 1992 · Chapel Hill Planning Department
M. B. Gatza's final report of the 1992 Chapel Hill historic sites survey for the town Planning Department, with contributions by Beverly C. Kawalec and Catherine Bishir. It covers historic buildings and districts in Chapel Hill in 80 pages.
Included because: A survey or map of the town or county where the site stands.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
Chapel Hill township survey final report
Lally, Kelly A. · 1992
Kelly A. Lally's October 1992 final report on the architectural survey of Chapel Hill township, including Chapel Hill and Carrboro. Besides the report and a bibliography, most of its 56 pages form an annotated index of the historic buildings surveyed.
Included because: A survey or map of the town or county where the site stands.
NC Digital Collections record courtesy of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
When Chapel Hill was a village
Love, Cornelia Spencer, 1892-1981 · 1976 · Chapel Hill Historical Society
Cornelia Spencer Love's recollections of Chapel Hill as a village, published by the Chapel Hill Historical Society in 1976 with drawings by John V. Allcott. Love lived from 1892 to 1981, and the book covers Chapel Hill biography, the town's social life and customs, and the faculty of the university before 1962. viii and 87 pages with illustrations.
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Occupants and Structures of Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, North Carolina at 5-Year Intervals, 1793-1998
Bryant, Bernard Lee · 1999 · Chapel Hill Historical Society
Bernard Lee Bryant's compilation of who occupied each structure on Franklin Street in Chapel Hill at five-year intervals from 1793 to 1998, issued by the Chapel Hill Historical Society in 1999 as a photocopy of his original computer printout on cotton paper. 191 leaves.
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Map of Chapel Hill as it was in 1875 to 1885
Carter, H. D. (Henry Dennis), -1941 · 1934
Henry Dennis Carter's reconstruction, drawn as a blueprint in 1934, of Chapel Hill as it stood between 1875 and 1885, showing the buildings of the village. A note on the map says the information came from old residents who gave it to Mary L. Thornton.
Included because: A survey or map of the town or county where the site stands.
[Map of Chapel Hill and vicinity].
Harris, Hunter Lee, 1866-1893 · 1888 · Hunter Lee Harris?
Dating from 1888 and attributed to Hunter Lee Harris, a map of Chapel Hill and its vicinity, reproduced as a photocopy measuring 22 by 37 centimeters. Harris died in 1893, which brackets the drawing to the late nineteenth century. An early depiction of the streets of the village and the land around it.
Included because: A survey or map of the town or county where the site stands.
[Map of Chapel Hill].
1895
Pen-and-ink manuscript map of Chapel Hill dated 1852, with a table of measurements, showing the University campus, the village around it, street widths and layout, and the town limits. Later notes attributed to Kemp P. Battle give the longitude and latitude of landmarks as measured from atop New East Hall in 1880.
Included because: A survey or map of the town or county where the site stands.
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Chapel Hill, Orange County, North Carolina.
1925
Sanborn Map Company fire insurance map of Chapel Hill, June 1925, on eleven sheets, with Carrboro also drawn. Sanborn maps recorded the outline, construction and use of each building for fire insurers, so the set shows both towns block by block in the mid 1920s.
Included because: A survey or map of the town or county where the site stands.
Map of Chapel Hill & vicinity.
1933
Street and property map of Chapel Hill and the surrounding country, revised to 1 January 1933 and printed in the town. Topics include streets, real property and the historical geography of Chapel Hill along with maps of the University of North Carolina in its 1793 to 1962 period. A useful sheet for tracing lot lines and street names as they stood at the start of the 1930s.
Included because: A survey or map of the town or county where the site stands.
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